IntermediateMath Functions
Total sales for a region and month with SUMIFS
Apply two conditions at once to a conditional sum.
SUMIFS
9 min25 points
SUMIFS practice exercises
Adds up values that meet several conditions at once. Below are 1 interactive exercise that put it to work on realistic business data — you write the formula, and get told exactly what went wrong when it does not work.
Syntax
SUMIFS(sum_range, criteria_range1, criteria1, ...)
Practise SUMIFS
Ordered from most approachable to hardest.
When SUMIFS is the right tool
Adds up values that meet several conditions at once. It belongs to the math functions family, and it shows up constantly in real work — which is why it is worth being genuinely fluent rather than merely familiar.
Before this one, it helps to be comfortable with SUMIF. The exercises below assume that ground is covered.
Reading about a function is not the same as being able to write it. The exercises on this page exist because the gap between recognising SUMIFS and producing it from memory, correctly, on data you have not seen before, only closes by doing it.
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Questions about SUMIFS
How do I practise SUMIFS without Excel installed?
Every exercise on this page runs in your browser. You type the SUMIFS formula into a real spreadsheet grid and get told immediately whether it works — no download, no account.
What does SUMIFS do?
Adds up values that meet several conditions at once. The syntax is SUMIFS(sum_range, criteria_range1, criteria1, ...). The exercises below put it to work on realistic business data rather than abstract examples.
How long does it take to learn SUMIFS?
Most people can write a working SUMIFS formula within twenty minutes of practice. Getting it right under pressure — with edge cases, unsorted data and ranges that must survive being filled down — is what the harder exercises here are for.